surrogate

🇬🇧/ˈsʌrəɡət/ 🇺🇸/ˈsɜːrəɡət/
VCE 📚 9084 1 GRE sat
You use surrogate to describe a person or thing that is given a particular role because the person or thing that should have the role is not available. 替代的

adjective [原级] 替代的,代理的

Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son. 马丁已成为霍华德马考塞尔的代子了。

noun [专属名词] 代理人,替代者;代孕母亲;(基督教)(签发结婚证书的)主教代理人;遗嘱检验法官

Arms control should not be made into a surrogate for peace. 军备控制不应变成和平的替代物。

verb [vi. 不及物动词] 取代,替代;指定(某人)为自己的代理人

She saw him as a sort of surrogate father. 在她心目中,他仿佛是能替代父亲角色的人。

sur- 在同辅音词根前表示“在…下面/上面” surrogate 代替品;代理人(sur+rog 要求+ate→要求下面〔有人〕→代理人)
sur (外) + rog (要求) + ate (使) → 要求将代理者排除在外 → 代理者
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He found a psychotherapist near him to supervise his work with a surrogate, and flew the surrogate there from Los Angeles. 他发现一名心理治疗师和一名代理在他旁边监督他的工作,并让代理从洛杉矶飞往那里。